In the past when I've built kernel debs, I just used the checkout script to apply patches, run make config, ran make-kpkg clean then ran make-kpkg to make the kernel deb. The speakup installation file on the speakup site says to run make mrproper. This step is not done in the checkout script. Is it necessary to run make mrproper if I install from the new 2.0 tarball assuming I'm building a 2.6 kernel deb? I've never had to run make mrproper for a 2.4 kernel when building a kernel deb. However, the installation guide says to run it before rather then after running the install script for 2.6 kernels.
